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'The Possession' Strikes Sands Theatre

by KATIE COLLINS, Brush News-Tribune Staff Writer

Posted:
10/11/2012 09:27:44 AM MDT

Based on a true story, The Possession is a terrifying tale of how one family must unite in order to survive the wrath of an unspeakable veil.Clyde (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and Stephanie Brenek (Kyra Sedgwick) see little cause for alarm when their youngest daughter Em becomes oddly obsessed with an antique wooden box she purchased at a yard sale.But as Em's behavior becomes increasingly erratic, the couple fears the presence of a malevolent force in their midst, only to discover that the box was build to contain a dibbuk, a dislocated spirit that inhabits and ultimately devours its human host.

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The film is rated PG-13 for mature thematic material involving violence and disturbing sequences and will show 7:30 pm nightly at Brush's Sands Theatre, beginning Friday, October 12, with a 3pm Sunday matinee. Ticket prices for Adults are $5, for Children $3 and $4 for Seniors.

Fun Film Fact:

The film is a fictional retelling of Los Angeles Times writer Leslie Gornstein's article "Jinx in a Box" about an antique wooden box purchased on eBay which reportedly had been brought to America by a Holocaust survivor after World War II. The box, supposedly containing an evil spirit, brought devastating effects to a series of buyers. Inspired by these real events, "Dibbuk Box" centers around a cursed relic containing mysterious familial tokens that is mistakenly purchased and its new owner must solve its mystery to save her own family.